Haringey at a Glance
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Haringey at a glance State of the Borough April 2021 Contents 1. User Guide…………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 2. Haringey Snapshot……………………………………......…………………………………………………4 3. COVID-19……………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 4. Housing…………………………………………………………...................……………………………….9 5. People: Adults…………………………………………………...................……………………………….15 6. People: Children & Young People……………………………...................………………………………29 7. Place…………………………………………………………...................…………………………………41 8. Local Economy…………………………………………………………...................…………………...…54 9. Key Groups…………………………………………………………...................………………………….63 10. Appendix A: Explaining the Data…………………………………………………………........................67 11. Appendix B: Sources…………………………………………………………...................…………….…69 State of the Borough Profile The State of the Borough Profile has been put together to provide all Haringey’s stakeholders – from Officers and Councillors to Residents – with access to the data they need to understand the borough. Only the most up-to-date and reliable data and sources have been included here, in order to provide an in-depth look at key areas of the Council’s work and remit, which often also includes the work and remit of our key partners. This single point of reference will be updated regularly, and used to drive the Council’s work, ensuring that our work is driven by the highest quality and most robust data. Additional information on the data, sources and methodologies we’ve used to put together this profile can be found in the Appendix at the end. If you have questions about this profile please contact our Business Intelligence team: [email protected]. Haringey Snapshot HOUSING PEOPLE • In terms of tenure, the proportion of Haringey residents that • Haringey is a highly diverse borough. 38% of residents are from BAME are renting from a private landlord has increased since 2011 groups and 26% identify as “white other”. 180+ languages are spoken. (now 34%), while the proportion renting from LA has • Deprivation levels are high, particularly in the northeast of the borough. decreased (now 20%). • GCSE attainment has improved comparative to England, but is below • Haringey has the third highest rate of households in Temporary London, there are notable attainment gaps. Accommodation in London, and the population outnumbers the • Life expectancy in the borough is in line with the London average, availability of housing by approximately 12,000 people. though there are stark differences among different groups. • Haringey residents report higher levels of life satisfaction than SNs or London, though there are higher rates of serious mental illness. PLACE LOCAL ECONOMY • Facilities are good, with a range of cultural events and good • Jobs density in Haringey is relatively low, although the unemployment transport links. Haringey also now has 25 Green Flag Parks. rate has improved to be just above the London average. • The rate of knife crime with injury is the highest in London. • Wages in Haringey are lower than average, and there are a larger • 78% of residents say they have good friendships and/or number of JSA and ESA claimants than the London average. associations in their local area, while 83% say relations • 5.5% of residents have no qualifications, lower than the London between different ethnic and religious communities are good. average • Haringey has reduced its carbon emissions by 36% since • Median hourly pay in Haringey is now only 2.2% below the London 2005, and emissions are below London and UK levels. average; we also have the second largest proportion of residents earning below the London Living Wage of all Inner London boroughs COVID-19 COVID-19: General Information • Over 10,000 residents in NHS extremely vulnerable ‘Shielded Group’ in Haringey in 2021. Over 4,400 of these have registered through Gov. website for support. • Over 10,000 people had contacted the Connected Communities helpline already by mid-July 2020, and have been spoken to and offered information, advice, guidance and direct support (excluding Shielders). • Older people, BAME communities, people with disabilities, and people from disadvantaged socio-economic background have been more affected by the covid-19 virus in terms of illness and deaths • Significant gender inequalities have emerged during the lockdown. While men have been more likely to die from covid-19, women have been disadvantaged in areas including childcare and employment. Women from BAME communities have been disadvantaged to a greater extent • Children and young people have been disadvantaged to a greater extent than others in terms of mental health, access to education, and employment • The local economy will be severely impacted in terms of (un)employment and business viability, and Poverty will increase, though the full extent of the increase is not yet known COVID-19: Effect on Universal Credit The latest DWP local data shows a huge increase in Universal Credit declarations/ claims being made and individual claimants due to COVID-19. This increase was sharpest at the start of the pandemic, with the majority of the increase happening between March and May 2020, however there has been a steady rise in the number of claimants ever since. The number of individuals claiming universal credit has increased in every LSOA (hence every ward). The overall number of UC claimants has increased by 27,900 (+192%) from Feb 20 to Mar 21. The Wards in Haringey with the largest increases in claims are: Tottenham Green (2,295), Northumberland Park (2,245), and Tottenham Hale (2,126) The majority of UC claimants are still in the East part of the Borough with the wards with the highest number of claimants overall being; Northumberland Park (3,863 claimants), Tottenham Green (3,463), Tottenham Hale (3,293), Bruce Grove (3,150) and Seven Sisters (3,037) accounting for 39% of all claimants. COVID-19: Vaccination Uptake (Service Users) As of 31st March there are 777 service users who have not been vaccinated (out of approximately 3,500 long term care service users). 163 of these (21%) declined the first dose of the vaccine. Unvaccinated service users is highest amongst the 50-54 year olds with 41% unvaccinated. The group with the highest number of unvaccinated service users however is 80+ year olds (196 unvaccinated, 23% of all service users). This is also the group with the highest proportion of declined vaccinations (80 declines being 41% of the total unvaccinated service users). Housing Housing: Tenure In 2018, 34% of Haringey residents rent from a private landlord, with only 20% renting from the LA or HA (25,500 fewer individuals). While most residents are happy with their home, happiness is lowest among social renters. • Haringey residents are most likely to rent from a private landlord (34%). The proportion renting from the LA or Housing Association has fallen from 31% in 2015 to just 20% in 2018, or 25,500 individuals fewer. The proportion buying with a mortgage fell in the early half of the decade, but has been stable since 2015. • Tenure follows clear deprivation lines across the borough – eastern wards like Northumberland Park are least likely to own their home and most likely to be social renting while in western wards like Source: Annual Population Survey, ONS 2018 Alexandra this trend is reversed. • The 2018 Haringey Residents Survey found that the vast majority of residents (90%) say they are happy with the home they live in. Happiness with one’s home is highest among owner occupiers (96%), and lowest among social renters (79%). • The 2018-19 English Housing Survey showed that while levels of non-decent homes have seen annual falls over time, the reductions have levelled off in the last 2 years. Private Rented homes are most likely to be non decent (25% of homes in 2018), compared to LA or Source: Haringey Residents Survey 2018 Housing Association Homes (10-15% of homes in 2018) Housing: Household composition 32% of households in Haringey are one person households. 49% of households in Haringey are working households and 16% are workless. Haringey Households by Household Households by combined economic • Haringey has diverse household activity status, Haringey composition. 32% of households are composition 50% Working households Mixed households one person households. 16% of 45% households are couples with Workless households 40% dependent children, and 11% are 35% households with a lone parent with 30% 16% 25% dependent children Percent 20% 15% • 59% of Haringey residents live in a 10% 49% flat, maisonette, or apartment with 5% the remaining 41% living in a whole 0% 36% house or bungalow. households children over) children All other one family Source: 2011 Census One person household Couple with dependent dependent children Other household types with Lone parent with dependent Other (including all full-time Source: 2011 Census, Table LC4104EW students and all aged 65 and Housing: Availability & Cost Between 2011 and 2019, Haringey’s population grew at a slightly faster rate than the number of households. Haringey has the third highest rate of households in TA in London. • Between 2011 and 2019 Haringey’s number of households grew at a slightly slower rate than the population (5.5% vs. 5.3%). The housing growth rate has been relatively consistent, being 0.8% from 2015 to 2018, but fell in the last year to 0.4%. Population growth fell significantly in 2016 and 2017, but returned to a 1.1% growth last year. • The median monthly private rent in Haringey is £1,500 (12 month rolling period to Q2 20-21). This was previously £70 less than the London average but is now £65 above it. The mean private rent is now £1,644 a week. This was previously £200 less than the London average but is now equal to it. Source: DCLG Household Projections and GLA Population Projections Median weekly LA rents on the other hand are £103.72, a reduction for the 4th year in a row, and remaining just under the London median (£105.33). • Median private rent has increased by 17.4% in the last 4 years, a higher rate than local authority rents (5.5%) and London private rent (10.3%).